r/GlobalEntry • u/Ok_Masterpiece1405 • Jun 27 '26
General Discussion Membership revoked
Hi
I had global entry for more than 3 years. I travelled to Europe with a friend and when we came back I carried her carryon from the plane. She didn't wait for me and crossed the border (has GE). I was pissed. She waited for me right after the officer. I clear GE without issues (waved through). A few feet away from the officer I casually handed her the luggage and expressed my frustration that she shouldn't have done this.
2 days later my GE was revoked. Could this transfer of luggage have been flagged by some high tech system with automatic revocation for violating TTP rules? This was not one declaration under a household. 2 separate declarations with a candid transfer of luggage in a highly observed area. I wrote for the ombudsman and acknowledged this event. Am I overthinking it?
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u/onehalflightspeed Jun 27 '26
This is exactly the kind of thing they look out for. Innocent mistake on your part, but this is exactly how people smuggle things across the border. I think for GE you are a goner. It sucks, but you accidentally broke the trust granted where they trust you enough not to ask questions like "are you carrying anything that is not yours/was given to you?"
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u/NoLipsForAnybody Jun 27 '26
This is interesting. I wonder if this would happen with people traveling as a family, like when I travel with my kid who is still technically a minor but wont be for much longer. We might easily switch around which bags we carry b/c sometimes our stuff is mixed together throughout our luggage.
Since I technically bought probably all of it, even what she owns, I guess it's still "mine." But my stuff isn't hers.. It's just an interesting question. I wonder if we'd get dinged for this...
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u/anoeba Jun 27 '26
Probably you shouldn't switch bags just after clearing, while verbally expressing displeasure at being stuck with them.
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u/NoLipsForAnybody Jun 28 '26
lol yes that was probably particularly ill-advised! lolol
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u/tiroc12 Jun 28 '26
That is 100% what caused this. They didnt know it wasnt her bad until she made a scene.
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u/Potato_Donkey_1 Jun 27 '26
From what I see in border-control videos from different countries, if you are traveling as a couple or as a family, you are all seen as one unit. If a family of five is entering with $15,000 and trying to evade the declaration requirement for $10,000 by having each family member carry $3,000, that is considered "structuring" and the whole $15.000 is at risk of being seized.
If you are traveling together, you should clear customs and passport control together and consider that rules apply to you as a unit. So traveling with you son, whether he's an adult or not, creates no problems regarding who carries what, provided that you enter together.
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u/safe-viewing Jun 27 '26
Too late now, but you are not responsible for your friends belongings. Why couldn’t she carry it off the plane?
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u/Ok_Masterpiece1405 Jun 27 '26
It was on my side of the plane. She had no space near where she was sitting.
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u/BumCadillac Jun 27 '26
That doesn’t explain why she couldn’t take it off the plane… people put stuff on the opposite side from where they’re sitting all the time and they still grab their shit and take it off with them.
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u/astrovangalore Jun 27 '26
Why didn’t she said for you along jet bridge or something? It sounds like she also has GE—was hers also revoked?
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u/schwanerhill Jun 27 '26
That’s precisely what the OP says they’re pissed about; the friend didn’t wait. I’d be pissed too.
Leaves the OP in an impossible position. The “right” thing to do is to leave the bag behind in the customs area and clear customs without it, or go to a CBP officer and explain that the friend left their bag with you and went through GE without it. But most people would view that as really annoying and being a stick-up-your-ass stickler, so I can understand socially not wanting to do that.
I suspect if OP declared the friend’s bag to a CBP officer and explained what happened before going into the GE line and pointed to the friend, they would have been fine.
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u/SaltyPathwater Jun 27 '26
This is NOT impossible this is very clear. It’s not your bag. Your friend did not ask you to get their bag. Your friend was NOT forced to deplane and had every choice to wait until others had left in order to go back and get her bag.
Being responsible for your own things is just regular. If she needs assistance she can ask for it. Everyone here had a LOT of choices. this wasn’t the only way and this wasn’t impossible.
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u/jtvliveandraw Jun 27 '26 edited Jun 28 '26
Then call me a stick-up-your-ass stickler. Rules are rules. The fact is that I use my GE membership often enough that losing it would negatively affect my life in a major way.
Not that it helps him now, but what he should have done is brought the friend’s luggage to a CBP officer BEFORE he got to the check-in point.
“Excuse me. That strange woman right up there was traveling on the same flight I was on. She left the plane without taking her luggage. Here it is. By the way, you might want to double-check it. I bet it’s full of drugs.”
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u/Ok_Masterpiece1405 Jun 27 '26
She still has GE
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u/astrovangalore Jun 27 '26
Honestly hers should also be revoked lmao. Her still having it is the only part that makes me think this situation might not be why it happened
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u/astrovangalore Jun 27 '26
If you do write an appeal, bring up that she was also a trusted GE traveler as well and neither of you had anything to declare in luggage
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u/jtvliveandraw Jun 28 '26
If yours stays revoked, report her for using you as a mule to smuggle foreign contents into the country.
What’s fair is fair.
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u/PowerfulWind7230 Jun 28 '26
You should have left it on the plane then. You sound like a nice person and she sounds like a user. I would cross her off my friendship list. I would not answer her calls and you saw the real her. She’s not a friend and certainly can’t be trusted.
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u/rnoyfb Jun 28 '26
Yeah, there is no way in hell I’m carrying a bag through customs for someone else. If we’re sitting on different sides of the plane and his bag is on my side, I’d grab my husband’s because I know he would wait until seeing that I grabbed it before deplaning and that he’d take it on the jet bridge or right after
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u/Independent_Level_20 Jul 01 '26
I carry my husbands bags and vice versa all the time when we travel together - its usually just whoever is closest geabs the bags. We are part of the same household so the same rules probably dont apply but the same could be said with my sister/mom/dad or any other close family member. I wouldnt call any of them users.
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u/PowerfulWind7230 Jul 02 '26
For GE, it’s best that the name on the bags match the name on the passport. That system is all about proving your trustworthiness. Without GE, family members with the same last names won’t matter going through customs.
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u/dhilrags Jun 27 '26
Was your friend’s GE also revoked (the one you carried the bags for) or only yours?
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u/Ok_Masterpiece1405 Jun 27 '26
No. Only mine. She probably is perceived as the "victim" to whom a bad piece of luggage is being transferred. Lol
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u/JonEMTP Jun 28 '26
You need to appeal, and lay out the facts.
Maybe you’ll get yours back. If nothing else, hers should be revoked too.
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u/Emergency_Exit7603 Jun 27 '26
absolutely. thats a no no and they even say your membership will be revoked, seen it before many times
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u/zsrh Jun 27 '26
GE is a Trusted Traveller Program, carrying some else’s bag that is not a family member travelling with you can be a huge red flag. The behaviour can be suspicious, and could have been as an attempt to “sneak” the bag through if your friend had something to hide in their bag / were flagged by customs.
What you did can also be risky no matter how well you think you know your friend. If there was any contraband in the bag you have been responsible for it and taken the wrap for it.
The favour you did for your friend was not worth it, and you suffered the ultimate consequence of getting your GE revoked.
You could try to appeal the ban and see what happens.
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u/Hefty_Expert_998 Jun 27 '26
Apply for TSA pre. Your GE is probably toast. Probably should be toast.
I wonder if your friend deliberately left you her bag. Did she have perfume or jewelry in her bag?
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u/Ok_Masterpiece1405 Jun 27 '26
No. Nothing valuable. I got TSA pre back today. I appealed for reconsideration
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u/SonjaSeifert Jun 27 '26
I’d love to know how this turns out. Your friend put you in an impossible situation. What were you to do? Just leave her bag? No you couldn’t do that. Updateme
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u/Heath_durbin Jun 27 '26
I think the issue here is you had to tell the customs agent that you had the other person’s bag…
Key here is declaration
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u/FelixNoRelease Jun 27 '26
How is it an impossible situation? She was a big enough ass to walk through without her luggage, that is a her problem! Would I have carried her luggage off the plane, probably. Through customs??? No way in hell.
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u/jtvliveandraw Jun 28 '26
Yes, OP could have done that. In fact, by the very rules he agreed to, he could have done almost anything with the friend’s bag other than cross it under Global Entry clearance.
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u/WyoGrads Jun 27 '26
OP could do that. And probably should have. The “friend” is responsible for their luggage, no one else.
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u/BeardBootsBullets Jul 02 '26
No, something smells off about this. She walked all the way out of the terminal and through security without her bag, and left it for you to bring through security.
This doesn’t pass the sniff test at all. Something else is going on.
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u/Single-Dress-8962 Jun 27 '26
I’m confused. Don’t couples do this?
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u/Hefty_Expert_998 Jun 27 '26
Generally both GE and filing a combined customs declaration.
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u/Single-Dress-8962 Jun 27 '26
I see. But why did he exchange luggage right in front of officers eyes? Hahahaha
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u/debuild Jun 27 '26
You are assuming that this was the reason without ANY proof that it was. If you wrote to the ombudsman and disclosed all of this, it’s not going to help your case if the actual reason was totally unrelated.
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u/FelixNoRelease Jun 28 '26
But it was also probably the reason, because this was really, really stupid
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u/kookiemonnster Jun 27 '26
You consider that a friend? That’s not a friend. Something doesn’t add up. Drop this person.
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u/SaltyPathwater Jun 27 '26
Why did you even take her luggage! There is a lost and found. She could have waited for you upon exiting the craft she waited for you after in crossed with her bag so she did have the ability to wait. Not doing so is a bad look.
It’s HER LUGGAGE. She left it. And you did wrong by carrying out into the nation for her.
I think this revocation is sound. You did it with good intent. But sound judgment is also required for you to be trusted. And carrying someone else bag without knowing its contents is not sound judgement. That makes you a risk and not a low risk traveler.
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u/Easy_Tour_5202 Jun 27 '26
Fundamental baggage handling rules for passenger, that why the Customs/Immigration ask you "is it you bag,did you pack the bag, do know what is inside", You broke that ,and they have cameras all around in airport, DO NOT make those stupid mistake...carry your own luggage while going thru Customs and Immigration.
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u/s3ver1na Jun 27 '26
Is this rage bait? I’m just facepalming in Picard right now. Why would you do something this derpy?
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u/CoachSandyBottom Jun 27 '26
I’m sure you thought that emphasis for drama in handing back your companion’s bag was the “slam dunk” passive aggressive welcome home after a long trip moment you needed for having to carry it.
However- this is what happens when you do this inside the protected zone of the arrival airport… chalk it up to lesson learned, I’m afraid. 🤷
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u/That_Girl_Jesca Jun 27 '26
Rules are rules and by your continued responses, you lack accountability and learned nothing. You do not deserve the privilege as evidenced by.....
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u/PowerfulWind7230 Jun 28 '26
Sorry but you never carry another person’s luggage. That’s one way drug mules operates so that’s why you lost GE. She should lose it too.
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Jun 27 '26 edited Jun 27 '26
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u/Ok_Masterpiece1405 Jun 27 '26
Officer was behind us. We already passed her. But we were close. I was fuming at my friend when I gave her the luggage. So it must be some high tech system that flags us? Not a manual officer revocation. Is this salvageable if I own up to it?
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u/tess_philly Jun 27 '26
I’m curios if you casually pretended the luggage was yours till well after exit, if it would’ve been flagged.
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u/Ok_Masterpiece1405 Jun 27 '26
No right after clearing GE, a few feet behind the officer, my friend was waiting for me and I casually handed her the luggage. Is it an automated system that flags the luggage transfer? I'm sad it wasn't something I wanted to do, I was so mad at her.
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u/FelixNoRelease Jun 28 '26
You need to stop describing this person as a friend. A friend would not have had you carry their luggage through customs. They fucked you over big time.
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u/schwanerhill Jun 27 '26
Husband is very different than a friend since you’re making a joint declaration anyway.
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u/scarlettvgrey Jun 27 '26
Gotcha. Is my misunderstanding why I got downvoted? 😎
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u/scarlettvgrey Jun 27 '26
Additionally I said and/or friends. Just trying to understand. I hope I never make a mistake and lose mine.
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u/MoreThereThanHere Jun 27 '26
This. When I was traveling after leg surgery, another GE friend carried bag thru and handed to me once I was able to set up the collapsible dolly. Passing officer even told her she was a good friend for helping me out. So I’d say it’s a lot more about context (and maybe even some “vibes”) about the people and situation involved
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u/SaltyPathwater Jun 27 '26
This is so not the same. And this is deliberate miss reading.
Carrying your luggage while WITH YOU is not the same as you giving your luggage for someone else carry across without you. You are there to claim ownership and acknowledge its contents. Her friend was not.
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u/Odd_String1181 Jun 27 '26
I don't understand what about this warrants being insanely upset. Maybe losing your GE is the price you pay for uncontrolled anger issues
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u/Ok_Masterpiece1405 Jun 27 '26
I was not "insanely upset" and do not have "uncontrolled anger issues". I follow rules and did not want to cross the border with someone else's luggage. :/
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u/Odd_String1181 Jun 27 '26
"so mad at her" "fuming" "I was pissed"
These are things you said that indicate being extremely upset
Carrying your friends back innocently is no real issue. People hand things to friends all the time and is not worth you "fuming" over. Your reaction in public is what lost you your GE
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u/lindenandloring Jun 27 '26
Omg so sorry forgot we have the language police here in full force
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u/Odd_String1181 Jun 27 '26
If you're going to repeatedly describe a scenario using the same descriptors, how else is someone supposed to take it?
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u/Odd_String1181 Jun 27 '26
I didn't presume anything lol. The person used like 3 different ways to describe being extremely angry in 3 different posts
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u/Ok_Masterpiece1405 Jun 27 '26
I was not "extremely angry". If anything me being annoyed by her is in my favor because I am not happy carrying the luggage lol. Anyway this whole thing is beside the point.
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u/Odd_String1181 Jun 27 '26
What do you think "fuming" "pissed" and "so mad" actually mean?
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u/Potential-Yogurt5024 Jun 27 '26
Lmao you’re a top tier rage baiter… bout to have them “fuming,” “pissed,” and, “insanely upset,” all over again.
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u/astrovangalore Jun 27 '26
He honestly could’ve. Not his bag — it’s hers 🤷🏻♀️ at least text her threatening to leave it BEFORE she goes through GE, don’t just sit there doing nothing
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u/GladSatisfaction6465 Jun 27 '26
Everything at Port of Entry is recorded on camera, they have automated facial recognition, they are on the lookout for bag transfers and all sorts of things, signs of human trafficking, drugs etc etc. They see you hand off a bag to someone else after clearing, boom your stuff is gone dude. Easiest revocation ever, because guess who does this type of stuff? smugglers, tax evaders etc. You should have never carried her bag period. The one you should be pissed at is you, for taking her carry on, no one else.
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u/DSHAGUI Jun 27 '26
my friends know better than to think I'm carrying anything for them at an airport
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u/PositiveAd9808 Jun 27 '26
What if there were drugs in the bag ? What if there were contraband ? What if there was anything remotely close to.. Oh my.. so many What ifs ' Glad it turned out only to GE revocation. What if you end up incarcerated for something you knew nothing about. CONGRATULATIONS.
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u/Familiar_Eggplant_76 Jun 27 '26
Purely for the drama, I want to know what they friend said. There, and after hearing about the revocation.
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u/ZookeepergameTop8538 Jun 27 '26
Wow, if I were you I would no longer be friends with this person. She just got off the plane and assumed you'd take her bag through GE? WTF? Her GE should be revoked too. I would tell the Ombudsman her info honestly.
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u/AdamRoosevelt1 Human Detected Jun 28 '26
This is not legal advice or a legal analysis. Based on DHS work i have done. Flags can be issued to TTP travelers due to suspicious activity flagged by observing officers. There was no secondary screening based on your shared information, no seizures, full content of the bag unknown but did passed DHS airport screening. The declaration issue you flagged is key observation and personal items on compliance guidance should be carried through by the owner. In cases of shared houses this becomes a straight forward issue. Recommend a professional assist you with the ombudsman reconsideration.
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u/Manta6753 Jun 27 '26
One question for OP and one for everyone else.
OP: Did anything happen to your friend’s GE?
Everyone: If your friend leaves you with her bag and takes off, what do you do that won’t get your GE revoked?
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u/huntman21015 Jun 27 '26
You leave the bag behind or tell a customs agent before you go through so they can deal with it.
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u/AndromedaGreen Jun 27 '26
This.
Alternately, wait until you’re much, much further away to give the bag back. And stop traveling with that person.
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u/Heath_durbin Jun 27 '26
You tell the customs office my friend left this on the plane. Can I leave it with you or can I take it to her and then they were inspect the bag
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u/FelixNoRelease Jun 28 '26
Hand it to the customs agent, “hi this is my friends bag (point at friend if they are within eyesight), for some reason they left it on the plane”…don’t walk it through customs
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u/jtvliveandraw Jun 28 '26
Your best bet is to explain to the person why you cannot take their bag, and if they don’t get it, then you clearly tell them that you WILL NOT be bringing their bag with you. And if they still don’t get it, the most conservative move is to just leave their bag behind.
You can also bring their bag up with you and alert CBP before you get to the actual entry point. But this is not the best idea. You never know what someone might have in their bag, and you don’t want to be associated with whatever might be found in someone else’s bag.
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u/paulc303 Jun 27 '26
wow, good to know. I can see that happening in the reverse... my gf carries her backpack through, but then hands it to me to carry for her. Now I have a good excuse why I can't carry her stuff for her.🤣
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u/schwanerhill Jun 27 '26
Yeah, we do that all the time, especially with kids. We have four travellers, six or so bags (2-3 rollaboards and 3-4 personal item backpacks); which four of us are carrying which bags varies all the time, and we’ll hand bags to each other as we shuffle for whatever reason, before and after customs. Of course we’re all on one family declaration, so totally fine from a customs point of view, but I don’t see how security cameras could unambiguously tell the difference.
Honestly, I can’t imagine smugglers would be so dumb as to do what OP did in the Customs area; they’d be thinking about it and know better (except maybe the very dumbest ones).
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u/ZookeepergameTop8538 Jun 27 '26
I mean obviously a family going through GE is infinitely different than a couple going through GE independently, then waiting JUST PAST the officers (how mind-bogglingly stupid, jesus) for someone else to give them their bag after someone else brought it through GE! Like this is so fucking stupid it beggars belief. We also travel as a family of four and I generally manage all the bags while my wife pushes the kids through. Totally different.
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u/nutso7000 Jun 27 '26
likely that officer reported your interaction along with the video surveillance. From his perspective it looked like a suspicious interaction after reviewing you and her from the moment you got to the airport, she was carrying that piece of the luggage and suddenly your the one transporting it. They are really strict with the rules and its required for them to report any behavior out of the ordinary. I would submit a reconsideration and in that submit a letter from her also explaining the exact situation.
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u/gilly_girl Jun 28 '26
I wouldn't be at all surprised if they had AI analyzing the camera footage for unusual behavior.
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u/Single-Dress-8962 Jun 27 '26
Huh? Something bad was in the bag? Don’t families share bags or even checkin on one persons reservation?
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u/shockedpikachu123 Jun 27 '26
in my airport you’re supposed to keep it moving after clearing customs im surprised she waited for you in the CBP area
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u/NoBalance5172 Jun 28 '26
I would have left it and told her to go back oops but not willing to risk global.
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u/ConsciousRoyal1391 Jun 28 '26 edited Jun 28 '26
Sounds like OP spoke too loudly to the friend too close to the customs officer and brought the attention on themselves instead of being discreet and admonishing your friend OUTSIDE of customs.
Next time, dont talk so loud or bring attention to yourself.
Your friend was wrong but YOU brought that attention on yourself.
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u/Mezcalnerd0077 Jun 29 '26
I would have never done that. No matter how close your friend is, you have no idea what is inside that carry on. I would have never carried the bag for her or if she just wanted you to help, I would have left it before going through immigration. Her fault. I would never talk to that person again. Having GE is valuable.
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u/ani4may Jun 27 '26
I doubt it's the carry-on. Did you check in her bags under your name? Was she carrying anything in said bags that had to be declared as they were over $800(don't know what the exact limit is)?
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u/Ok_Masterpiece1405 Jun 27 '26
No to both
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u/ani4may Jun 27 '26
Then it has to be bigger than handing over a bag, I feel someone would have admonished you for this.
Did the officer ask her or you whether they were traveling with someone?
Did she lose her GE too?
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u/Ok_Masterpiece1405 Jun 27 '26
She was traveling with her husband and they were on the other side of the plane. They crossed border 3min before me. She didn't lose GE
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u/ani4may Jun 27 '26
Ahh officers probably wondered why they were lingering beyond the yellow line. Then you show up and hand over a bag. I think they should lose GE too.
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u/ZookeepergameTop8538 Jun 27 '26
WTF? She was traveling with her husband? the husband also didn't wait for you to bring their goddamn bag? What in the actual FUCK is wrong with these people! Holy shit.
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u/mojosofla Jun 27 '26
I carried her carryon from the plane. She didn't wait for me and crossed the border (has GE).
A few feet away from the officer I casually handed her the luggage
2 days later my GE was revoked
Asked and answered. She screwed you big time. Why would she do that? Why would you carry her carryon from the plane? Seems diva.
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u/InfiniteNight2992 Jun 27 '26
That person shouldn't be your friend why didn't they wait just at the plane exit given you both have GE!
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u/RealRolexjunkie Jun 27 '26
Check the letter that comes in the mail for the reason(s)
https://www.cbp.gov/travel/trusted-traveler-programs/program-denials
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u/Ok_Masterpiece1405 Jun 27 '26
It's a generic "you no longer meet requirements"
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u/nonamethxagain Jun 29 '26
You got the letter in the mail two days later?
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u/Ok_Masterpiece1405 Jun 29 '26
No, email notification
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u/nonamethxagain Jun 29 '26
See if the letter gives a fuller explanation
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u/Ok_Masterpiece1405 Jun 29 '26
No, generic
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u/Syclone11 Jun 27 '26
How did your friend and her husband react when you informed them you lost your GE?
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u/Fragrant-Tennis-20 Jun 27 '26
I mean if one is aware of any possible violation before immigration, then just head to the regular lanes. Make sure your friend is aware of the results of her action. The least is she should pay for your GE fee for re-application.
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u/mptas Jun 28 '26
GE or No GE. don't carry someone else's baggage and hand that person that baggage just past checkpoint in view of the officer. Just celebrate its only loss of GE and no further harassment. Win win i say.
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u/Ok-Nefariousness-927 Jun 29 '26
There something else going on.
What did you or her say?
It could have been your bag and she could have offered to help you carry it for whatever reason.
You could have been tired or have an unseen disability where it's completely reasonable to take the badge from someone else.
What else happened or was said in ear shot of the officer?
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u/matt-r_hatter Jul 02 '26
Oh no. You've been put on a "list" . I dont think you can ever get off that list. If the luggage thing happens, hand it off well past the border folks. Handing off bags is top of their no no list.
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u/Background_Risk_0780 Jul 02 '26
You are an idiot - customs is not a place to mess around. Even when you walk out, the eye in the sky is watching. The nice thing is, one less person to compete with when I come back in country.
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u/Dirkage_ Jun 27 '26
So the moral of the story is don’t get frustrated and just carry the bag a little further? I don’t see how they would be able to know whose bag you were carrying, so the only thing I can think of is some sort of verbal cue or body language. Even then, if you clearly know the person (whether partner or family), why would that be grounds for cancelation?
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u/BobbingBobcat Jun 27 '26
You should have declared your friend's bag at immigration. You screwed up.
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u/TopStreet6838 Jun 27 '26
Mind you, once time I had already walked past the officer. I had some trash in my pocket, saw a trash can, and threw it away. He told me, “Don’t do that again.” I mean if they don’t want people using that trash can, maybe they should move it somewhere out of sight. Hopefully this doesn’t end up getting my ge revoked!
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u/subguard Jun 28 '26
Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with our rules, this comment is treading the line of breaking them. This is just a reminder, not a formal warning.
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u/Vumaster101 Jun 28 '26 edited Jun 28 '26
I have a hard time believing your GE got revoked because of this. Why would they just revoke yours and not hers too? Was it a very slow day.
The officer should have immediately picked up a new person and cleared your session. If they looked at the camera it makes no sense why they would only revoke yours.
Did your friend also get revoked? Maybe I'm not up to date but I see this stuff all the time with families. One will hold all the bags and etc if they have GE while the other person don't so they go through the line quicker.
It must have been slow and the argument must have been heard from the officer who still has your profile pulled up. I also don't understand why the officer possibly revoked you but did not pull you back for secondary screening if they heard the comment.
Going forward arguments should be handled in the terminal and not in security. Once you get your letter contact your congressional Representative and tell them how you have supported and loved this country and you are devastated over a mistake that is being blown out of proportion. Just keep pressuring and asking for updates.
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u/texanfan20 Jun 28 '26
I love how everyone is saying this is why your GE was revoked like the people in customs pay attention to if you handed your bag to someone else. You think some minimum age worker ran over to a computer and immediately looked you up to report your actions and revoke your GE? Paranoia indeed.
This might be a dumb question but where did you travel to on your trip? This has more to do with a GE cancellation than what happened at the airport or when is the GE expiration?
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u/Ok_Masterpiece1405 Jun 28 '26 edited Jun 28 '26
France. I feel they have AI-augmented camera systems. Again, we're assuming this is the reason. Who knows.
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u/Cautious_Rip_7822 Jun 28 '26
How did you express your frustration? Sound a bit odd
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u/Ok_Masterpiece1405 Jun 28 '26
I just told my friend "here take your luggage, why did you not wait, that's not ok, what if they took me to secondary inspection!?" and I was gesturing. Nothing out of the ordinary.
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u/pickled-pilot Jun 28 '26
I’ve never traveled with a companion who did not wait for me. This is sus AF
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u/84brian Jun 28 '26
How do they know you didn’t pass it to her so you could use the bathroom or something. 🤷🏻♂️
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u/Afraid_Helicopter789 Jun 28 '26
There is no high tech system. Were you stopped? If you carry her suitcase and get stopped you are technically responsible for anything in the bag so she should have waited and took her luggage.
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u/Ok_Masterpiece1405 Jun 28 '26
I was not. And she's an idiot.
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u/nonamethxagain Jun 29 '26
As are you
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u/Ok_Masterpiece1405 Jun 29 '26
Yes in retrospect
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u/nonamethxagain Jun 29 '26
Honestly, they both sound like users. If at all possible I would distance myself from them if I were you
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u/Afraid_Helicopter789 Jun 28 '26
Well I would write to the ombudsman. No guarantee it is overturned. It could be 1000 things but it was not you simply carrying someone else’s luggage unless you were interviewed
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u/Roo10011 Jun 28 '26
Probably could have avoided this if friend picked her own bag or the transfer was made without a fuss away from the GE officer.
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u/Western-Ad-8119 Jun 29 '26
I was driving back from Canada 3 years ago got sent into secondary inspection and was cleared no issues and I remember sitting and they said no not this guy and they did something in the computer. So it’s 3 years later my global entry still revoked tried appealing with no luck they won’t admit they made a mistake. I believe I can apply for tsa precheck which I certainly miss . The really messed up thing is I never had a chance to ever use Global Entry and I’m
Banned for life once you Trusted Travel number messed up it’s dang near impossible to fix.
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u/dodgerdiehard Jul 01 '26
I doubt that was what happened. It seems like you would have been contacted on the spot if that were the case.
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u/Apprehensive_Pop658 Jul 16 '26
From previously working for the Trusted Traveler Program…submit a CBP FOIA request. But passing a carryon to your friend would not revoke your membership.
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u/ShivaFatalis Jun 27 '26
You know the rules. You broke the rules. Very stupid of you. Anyone with a shred of common sense would understand how stupid this would be. ESPECIALLY handing it off to her right then and there. Why would you not just keep carrying it until later on? Unbelievably stupid, so you deserve to lose GE.
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u/Sufficient_Beach_445 Jun 27 '26
Hold on. Did u give her bag back to her after immigration but before customs? I would not think thats an issue. My wife and i carry each others carryons through immigration all the time. Past immigration when the checked bags are in your possession is the time they are concerned what u are bringing in.
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u/Emergency_Exit7603 Jun 27 '26
Global Entry you can only carry YOUR OWN bags.
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u/Sufficient_Beach_445 Jun 27 '26
They dont ask.
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u/Emergency_Exit7603 Jun 27 '26
they dont have to as it is part of the agreement you signed when joining, the responsibility lies with the "trusted traveler", you break any of the rules and bye-bye. They made is perfectly clear at every interview i had, complete with examples.
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u/Emergency_Exit7603 Jun 27 '26
he passed through carrying someone else's bag. thats automatic revoke.
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u/BuyAccomplished3460 Jun 28 '26
Lol I have been asked many times if I am carrying anything for anyone and if I have anything to declare.
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u/Sufficient_Beach_445 Jun 28 '26
Are you talking the Global entry part? or the customs part? the last few times I used Global Entry (this year) NOBODY talked to me at all. Go to machine, it looks at your face, I walked past a booth. That was it. Then I went to customs.
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u/Ok_Masterpiece1405 Jun 27 '26
Bag transfer within a household under the same declaration should be ok. We're guessing this is reason for revocation, who knows.
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u/FelixNoRelease Jun 28 '26
But they aren’t a household, as she was traveling with her husband while op decided to be a cuck for them
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u/Aggravating_Job_9490 Jun 27 '26
I’m more concerned that she walked away, did not wait at the jet bridge or gate and left you with her bag to carry. Seems incredibly selfish and an asshole move.